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<p>Over the weekend, Rwanda&#8217;s President Paul Kagame and the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo Félix Tshisekedi signed three bilateral agreements namely; bilateral investment treaty, a double taxation avoidance agreement, as well as an MoU on a mining concession. Moreover, DRC’s vision to be integrated into the East African Community took another step forward after the bloc launched a verification mission to the central African country. Economic Analyst, Ted Kaberuka oins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


EAC: Why there is renewed interest in DRC

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<p>Kenya has secured $1.7 billion from the UK in investments deals during the UK-Africa Investment Summit. Furthermore, UK signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on mobilizing private finance into Kenyan projects. Also, the Rwandan government and the World Bank announced during the summit that they will be launching a 3-year, fixed-rate, RWF-denominated bond worth $40 million at the London Stock Exchange. Analyst Ted Kaberuka, joins CNBC Africa to make light of the deals and look into the UK-Africa relations.</p>


Kenya secures $1.7bn investment deals at UK-Africa Investment Summit

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<p>250 Start Ups and the University of Rwanda (UR) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to support innovative students in building new tech solutions. Charles Shyaka, General Manager at 250 Start Ups joins CNBC Africa for more on these partnerships.</p>


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250 Start Ups, UR sign MoU to support tech start-ups in Rwanda

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<p>The Nigerian Ports Authority has signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Port of Antwerp International. CEO of Port of Antwerp International, Kristof Waterschoot, Vice Mayor of the Port, Annick De Ridder and President of Antwerp Port Authority and Belgian Ambassador to Nigeria, Daniel Dargent join CNBC Africa’s Esther Awoniyi to share more details on the MOU.</p>


Nigeria signs 5-year MoU with Port of Antwerp

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<p>The Chairman of Africa Guarantee Fund (AGF), Andrew Temu says they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Attijariwafa Bank to leverage over $50 Million to serve women-owned and managed enterprises in North Africa. CNBC Africa&#8217;s Kenneth Igbomor caught up with Andrew Temu on the sidelines of the Global Gender Summit in Kigali.</p>


Global Gender Summit: AGF & Attijariwafa Bank sign MoU to fund women- owned businesses in Africa

Global Gender Summit: AGF & Attijariwafa Bank sign MoU to fund women-owned businesses in Africa

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<p>The East African Community (EAC) and the Development Bank of South Africa entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the Africa Investment Forum held in Sandton from 11 to 13 November. CNBC Africa’s Kopano Gumbi spoke to Kenneth Bagamuhunda, Director General, East African Community and Mohan Vivekanandan, Group Executive, Origination and Coverage at the DBSA about what the MOU entails.</p>


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Africa Investment Forum: DBSA, East African Community seek to boost infrastructure development with joint MoU

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<p>The United States International Development Finance Corporation (USIDFC) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to mobilize private capital in support of development in Africa. Adam Boehler, CEO of DFC spoke to CNBC Africa’s Kenneth Igbomor about this and more on the sidelines of the 2019 Africa Investment Forum.</p>


Africa Investment Forum: How DFC & AfDB to mobilize private capital for Africa

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<p>The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) and the East African Community (EAC) have signed an MoU for project development and implementation. Key sectors will include IT, infrastructure and healthcare. CNBC Africa&#8217;a Kopano Gumbi spoke to Bernard Mono, Head of Finance at East Africa Development Bank and Mohan Vivekanandan, Group Executive, Origination and Coverage at the DBSA.</p>


Africa Investment Forum: DBSA, East African Community sign MoU for project development & implementation

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<p>Last night during a visit to Kigali by a delegation of nine Swedish companies hosted by the Sweden-Sub Saharan Africa Chamber of Commerce or SSACC, a MoU was signed between the organization and Private Sector Federation (PSF) of Rwanda to create, facilitate and support business collaborations and opportunities between the countries with a focus on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). For more on this agreement, President of SSACC, Asa Jarskog joins CNBC Africa.</p>


Rwanda, Sweden to sign MoU  to strengthen partnerships on sustainable development

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<p>The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) and Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate in promoting cross-listings and trading of green bonds in Nigeria and Luxembourg on the sidelines of the annual meeting of the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) taking place in Singapore on Wednesday. To share more details on this deal, Jude Chiemeka, Head of Trading Business Division at NSE joins CNBC Africa.</p>


NSE, LuxSE sign MoU to partner on sustainable finance

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<p>Last week the presidents of Rwanda and Uganda signed a MoU in Angola to restore relations between the two countries. A week later, have we seen progress? Has trade resumed? To discuss this and other regional headlines this week, Analyst and Chief Strategist at Impact Communications Strategies, Ken Agutamba joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Rwanda, Uganda MoU: Has progress been made thus far?

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<p>The Presidents of Rwanda and Uganda on Wednesday signed an agreement in Angola to restore relations between the two neighbouring countries. To dive deeper into this matter, Researcher and political Analyst, Gatete Nyiringabo joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Rwanda and Uganda sign MoU to restore relations: How beneficial will this agreement be?

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<p>Bridges to Prosperity an international non-governmental organization has constructed over 290 footbridges in 20 countries to connect more than one million people to reliable access. Recently it signed an MoU with the government of Rwanda to build about 355 bridges in 5 years.For more CNBC Africa is joined by Hannis Whittam, Rwanda Program Director, Bridges to Prosperity.</p>


Bridges to Prosperity set to build 355 bridges in Rwanda

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<p>Recently Inmarsat signed MoU with Smart Africa secretariat to accelerate the development and implementation of public-private partnerships (PPP) with the Smart Africa Alliance.</p>


Inmarsat, Smart Africa sign MoU with to accelerate the development of smart cities in Africa

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<p>CNBC Africa’s Christycole Popoola caught with Tony Elumelu and discussed the foundation’s new partnership with the International Committee of the Red Cross.</p>


Tony Elumelu Foundation, Red Cross partner to empower Nigerian entrepreneurs

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<p>The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Japan External Trade Organisation, a Japanese government-related organization signed a Memorandum of Understanding to promote trade.</p>


LCCI, Japan External Trade Organisation sign MoU to promote trade

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<li>The World Economic Forum and China’s National Development and Reform Commission have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop closer collaboration</li>
<li>Agreement follows 10 years of close partnership, including China hosting the Forum’s Annual Meeting of the New Champions</li>
<li>Signing ceremony witnessed by President Xi Jinping and Forum Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab in Davos﻿</li>
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<p>The World Economic Forum has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) on behalf of the Chinese government. The document commits both parties to developing deeper collaboration over a period of 10 years.<br />  <br /> The World Economic Forum and the NDRC have established a strong relationship over the past decade, cooperating closely since 2007 on the Annual Meeting of the New Champions in China, also known as the “Summer Davos”. During this time, the meeting has become the world’s leading event on science, technology, innovation and entrepreneurship.<br />  <br /> China sent its first delegation to Davos in 1979. Today, building on the longstanding relationship between the Forum and China, this MoU opens a new chapter of deepened partnership across a wide range of strategic priorities. These include improving global economic governance, international cooperation on “Belt and Road” initiatives and green and low-carbon development, as well as technological innovation and preparing for the Fourth Industrial Revolution.<br />  <br /> In the MoU, the two sides agree to establish a new collaboration platform, continue to expand the scope of collaboration and increasingly enhance the content of collaboration. Building on the Annual Meeting of the New Champions as the core of that cooperation, the two parties will strengthen ongoing communication and consultation on a range of topics and activities that are critical for China and global sustainable development in the foreseeable future.<br />  <br /> “The Forum gathers the world’s insights and builds platforms for public-private cooperation to tackle today’s global challenges in which China’s participation and its valuable experience in opening-up and reform are essential. A deeper cooperation between the Forum and China will be not only a win-win for both of us, but also beneficial for better understanding and collaboration of the international community at large,” said <strong>David Aikman</strong>, Chief Representative Officer, China, and Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum.<br />  <br /> China’s President Xi Jinping and the Forum’s Founder and Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab were witnesses at the signing ceremony, which was held on the first day of the Annual Meeting, with signatures of Xu Shaoshi, Chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission, and Alois Zwinggi, Head of Operations and Resources at the World Economic Forum.<br />  <br /> “Through China’s participation in the ‘Winter Davos’ and hosting the ‘Summer Davos’, the world gets a fuller picture of the country in terms of its development and achievements in economy, opening-up reform, science, technology and innovation. It also enables Chinese companies to gain access to advanced management ideas, find global partners and better integrate into the international market. We look forward to deeper cooperation with the Forum in the coming decade and to working together with the international community to find solutions to the major challenges facing the world today,” said <strong>Xu Shaoshi</strong>, Chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission.<br />  <br /> The 47th World Economic Forum Annual Meeting is taking place on 17-20 January in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, under the theme <em>Responsive and Responsible Leadership</em>. More than 3,000 participants from nearly 100 countries will participate in over 400 sessions. Xi Jinping spoke at the Opening Plenary today with a special address. He is China’s first head of state to participate in the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting accompanied by a high-level delegation.<br />  <br /> The 11th Annual Meeting of the New Champions will be held in Dalian, People’s Republic of China, on 27-29 June 2017.</p>
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Kenya secures $1.7bn investment deals at UK-Africa Investment Summit

250 Start Ups, UR sign MoU to support tech start-ups in Rwanda

Nigeria signs 5-year MoU with Port of Antwerp

Global Gender Summit: AGF & Attijariwafa Bank sign MoU to fund women-owned businesses in Africa

Africa Investment Forum: DBSA, East African Community seek to boost infrastructure development with joint MoU

Africa Investment Forum: How DFC & AfDB to mobilize private capital for Africa

Africa Investment Forum: DBSA, East African Community sign MoU for project development & implementation

Rwanda, Sweden to sign MoU to strengthen partnerships on sustainable development

NSE, LuxSE sign MoU to partner on sustainable finance

Rwanda, Uganda MoU: Has progress been made thus far?

Rwanda and Uganda sign MoU to restore relations: How beneficial will this agreement be?

Bridges to Prosperity set to build 355 bridges in Rwanda

Inmarsat, Smart Africa sign MoU with to accelerate the development of smart cities in Africa

Tony Elumelu Foundation, Red Cross partner to empower Nigerian entrepreneurs

LCCI, Japan External Trade Organisation sign MoU to promote trade

World Economic Forum signs strategic collaboration agreement with China

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EAC: Why there is renewed interest in DRC

Kenya secures $1.7bn investment deals at UK-Africa Investment Summit

250 Start Ups, UR sign MoU to support tech start-ups in Rwanda

Nigeria signs 5-year MoU with Port of Antwerp

Global Gender Summit: AGF & Attijariwafa Bank sign MoU to fund women-owned businesses in Africa

Africa Investment Forum: DBSA, East African Community seek to boost infrastructure development with joint MoU

Africa Investment Forum: How DFC & AfDB to mobilize private capital for Africa

Africa Investment Forum: DBSA, East African Community sign MoU for project development & implementation

Rwanda, Sweden to sign MoU to strengthen partnerships on sustainable development

NSE, LuxSE sign MoU to partner on sustainable finance

Rwanda, Uganda MoU: Has progress been made thus far?

Rwanda and Uganda sign MoU to restore relations: How beneficial will this agreement be?

Bridges to Prosperity set to build 355 bridges in Rwanda

Inmarsat, Smart Africa sign MoU with to accelerate the development of smart cities in Africa

Tony Elumelu Foundation, Red Cross partner to empower Nigerian entrepreneurs

LCCI, Japan External Trade Organisation sign MoU to promote trade

World Economic Forum signs strategic collaboration agreement with China

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